From Windows to Mac – An intelligent switch

People spend too much of money to get rid of virus-clouded Windows and move to a virus-free world of Mac. Some users follow this switch to experience the better speed on Mac and I am also one of them.

In the beginning I used to praise myself for this change as my Mac was faster and more reliable than windows. But, within a year it started slugging. Too much of startup time and slow response , especially while running large applications , disappointed me.

One of my friends who is a tech savvy suggested me some Mac tips to speed up My Mac. The tips which I implemented are discussed here.

Check for unwanted applications running in your Mac

Go to Applications -> utilities . It will list you all the applications running in the back-end. Note them and stop the processes which you don't need.

Check Your Startup processes and Clean them

Monitor and recognize the programs which start up automatically when you start your Mac. Go to System preferences -> Accounts and click login Items. Here you can select and de-list (by clicking '-') the applications you don't need.

Uninstall the Unwanted Mac Apps

Like Login Items, you need to inspect your Applications folder also and throw out the programs you don't use any more. Its going to reclaim the free space on hard drive. This task can be accomplished through an un-installer program like Stellar speed up Mac.

Verify and repair Mac permissions

First of all make sure that no applications are running currently on your Mac. Go to Applications -> Utilities to verify and repair disk permissions. There is need to install any external software for this task. It may take some so, be patient.

Regain some free space on Mac Hard Drive

Try to remove the unwanted files and applications on your mac. The data which eat too much of apace on hard drive are labeled as

1. Duplicate files
2. Cache/ temporary files
3. Language files
4. Large files
5. Unnecessary Applications

So, its necessary to reclaim free spaces as much as possible. There are so many third party applications to remove unwanted data. I have used the Stellar Speed Up Mac and found it quite reliable and result oriented Mac application.

The above steps were really very helpful to rejuvenate my Mac. Now, once again I am enjoying the super speed of my Mac.

Removing unwanted data helps to speed up Mac

In our Mac computers we save either data or executable applications. Any kind of information that we save at our machine, consume memory which is a very important resource. The free space is important for both saving data and running applications as well. Technically, there should be atleast about 20% of free space available at bootable volume to run the applications. If its not so, there could an unpredicted issue while running an application- either inbuitlt or third party application.

Let me explain my own experience here. I have a disk of 40 GB on wich the bootable volume takes 20 GB. There was about 8 GB of free space in this volume and my system was running smoothly. I created ( to test a third party mac imaging tool ) an image of this bootable volume and saved it on the desktop. And finally moved it to trash.

After that when I tried to run another application it stopped responding. I was not able to run any application.

Solution:

The image I created was 12 GB which was equal to that of data in bootable volume. Since trash is also a part of this volume so it left no free space in this volume. Finally I emptied the trash and once again I got my Mac machine running effortlessly.

So, it becomes necessary to remove unnecessary data and applications to have free space on your drive. It helps you to run your applications smoothly. The main issue is how to find these unnecessary files and applications.

While searching for solution I experienced Stellar speed up Mac. This application deals with five types of files:

1. Duplicate files
2. Cache files
3. Temporary files
4. Language files
5. Universal binary files

It lists all the above types of files which you may need to remove to clean up Mac. The screenshot of Stellar speed up Mac displays an overlook of its user friendly interface.

The uninstaller is to remove the unnecessary applications , widgets and plugins from your Mac. Here are some features of this Mac tool which keep it ahead of others.

1. Fast performance
2. Free download
3. Easy to use with user friendly interface
4. Applicable with Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later